diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/ActorAsset.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/ActorAsset.cpp
index 4a20190630..518db289e2 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/ActorAsset.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/ActorAsset.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace EMotionFX
                 &actorSettings,
                 "");
 
-            assetData->ReleaseEmotionFXData();
+            assetData->ReleaseEMotionFXData();
 
             if (!assetData->m_emfxActor)
             {
diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/AnimGraphAsset.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/AnimGraphAsset.cpp
index 3dd9621420..a8b9746789 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/AnimGraphAsset.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/AnimGraphAsset.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace EMotionFX
                 }
             }
 
-            assetData->ReleaseEmotionFXData();
+            assetData->ReleaseEMotionFXData();
             AZ_Error("EMotionFX", assetData->m_emfxAnimGraph, "Failed to initialize anim graph asset %s", asset.GetHint().c_str());
             return static_cast<bool>(assetData->m_emfxAnimGraph);
         }
diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/AssetCommon.h b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/AssetCommon.h
index 4e7f1c984f..9b174c0620 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/AssetCommon.h
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/AssetCommon.h
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ namespace EMotionFX
                 : AZ::Data::AssetData(id)
             {}
 
-            void ReleaseEmotionFXData()
+            void ReleaseEMotionFXData()
             {
-                m_emfxNativeData.clear();
-                m_emfxNativeData.shrink_to_fit();
+                m_emfxNativeData = {};
             }
 
             AZStd::vector<AZ::u8> m_emfxNativeData;
diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/MotionAsset.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/MotionAsset.cpp
index 5acbf5b4f7..2d95066b13 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/MotionAsset.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/MotionAsset.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace EMotionFX
                 assetData->m_emfxMotion->SetIsOwnedByRuntime(true);
             }
 
-            assetData->ReleaseEmotionFXData();
+            assetData->ReleaseEMotionFXData();
             AZ_Error("EMotionFX", assetData->m_emfxMotion, "Failed to initialize motion asset %s", asset.GetHint().c_str());
             return (assetData->m_emfxMotion);
         }
diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/MotionSetAsset.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/MotionSetAsset.cpp
index 3fe6e0c395..a49dd95986 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/MotionSetAsset.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Source/Integration/Assets/MotionSetAsset.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ namespace EMotionFX
             // Set motion set's motion load callback, so if EMotion FX queries back for a motion,
             // we can pull the one managed through an AZ::Asset.
             assetData->m_emfxMotionSet->SetCallback(aznew CustomMotionSetCallback(asset));
-            assetData->ReleaseEmotionFXData();
+            assetData->ReleaseEMotionFXData();
 
             return true;
         }